5 March 2007 | Vol. 7, No. 1
My Husband Is Out of Town
Some treasure in pining;
we could
warm the belled belly of a snifter
so it can be legs for brandy,
a glass gourd of fire catching sugar in its teeth;
lose the line between a woman's thigh
and her lover's, a border countries forgave
in a new treaty their saints drafted;
string a necklace of days and wear it with
the aplomb of a neophyte angel;
comb the word "mystique" into
our hair, listening as letters coat each strand;
treasure our mouths
not just for gold under our tongues
but for silly raptures they accidentally exclaim:
Smelling of cumin
from no shower, so much splitting
wood, you'll
come home.
About the author:
Nancy Devine teaches high school English in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where she lives with her husband Chuck and their two dogs, Whitey and Yo-yo. She co-directs the Red River Valley Writing Project, a local site of the National Writing Project. Her poems have appeared recently in Bear River Journal, Main Channel Voices, and Matter 9 Fuel.
For further reading:
Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 7, No. 1, where "My Husband Is Out of Town" ran on March 5, 2007. List other work with these same labels: poetry, love poem.
